Twenty-six years ago, on December 7, 1988, in the north-west of Armenia, which at that time was part of the USSR, a destructive earthquake occurred. About 31 thousand people were killed, 130 thousand were injured. Many were left without a roof over their heads. The second largest in Armenia, the city of Gyumri, at that time called Leninakan, was under the most powerful blow of the elements and has not yet recovered from it.

Resolution of the American Congress, criticizing Russia; the persecution of the St. Petersburg oppositionist, who helped organize a rally in Yaroslavl; 5 years of tragedy in the Perm club "Lame Horse".

Vladimir Ledenyov The Moscow City Court recognized the arrest of the leading engineer of the Vnukovo Airport Vladimir Ledenyov in the case of a plane crash, in which the head of the company Total Christophe de Margeri died legal. Thus, the court rejected the appeal of his lawyer, who insisted on the measure of suppression, not related to the detention. Ledenev’s defense asked to mitigate the preventive measure for house arrest or a security deposit of one million rubles.

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The trolley bus exploded by the terrorist in Volgograd. December 30, 2013 In Volgograd, the district court announced the verdict to four residents of Dagestan involved in the preparation and conduct of terrorist attacks at the railway station in the trolleybus in December 2013. Alautdin Dadaev and Ibrahim Magomedov were sentenced to 19 years in prison. According to the investigation, they manufactured explosive devices that were actively activated by terrorists.

Promotion December 5, 2011 on pure ponds Freedom quotes 05 December 2014 Liveblog about discussions on the network Fresh from above 16:21 12.12.2014 Small land is sacred land. The lessons of Franco and Salazar. 3 years Protest: unfinished work. Questions Khodorkovsky It seems that if that from yesterday’s message Putin, which will remain in history, then this word is "sacred". He is inclined on the network in all ways. Andrey Gromov This morning I woke a call.

Oil pipeline "Friendship" Russia agreed with Slovakia on long -term supplies and transit of oil to European countries, RIA Novosti reports. The agreement was concluded for a period of 15 years (from January 2015 to the end of 2029) with subsequent automatic prolongation for five years if there are no objections of the parties. The previous agreement was concluded back in 1991, its term expires on December 31.

Human rights activists and power are preparing to celebrate the Day of Human Rights. The Memorial has opened the exhibition “Right to correspondence”. Lyudmila Alekseeva about a rally of publicity on December 5. Vyacheslav Bakhmin - about the MHG Award and the ban on "undesirable" foreign organizations in Russia. Presenter of the program Kristina Gorelik.

March against hatred in St. Petersburg The detention of the group "Netograd-2" shed light on "genealogy" and the roots of the nationalist movement in St. Petersburg In St. Petersburg, from May to November 2014, 18 nationalists were detained, which created an extremist group called Nonograd-2 .

C. Everyone who writes about modern Russia and the propaganda support of its foreign policy undertakings drew attention to one, at first glance, mysterious, circumstance: a support group that managed to put together from among European politicians is a rather colorful and bizarre brethren, composed of equal shares of the old Bolsheviks who personally saw Lenin, and neo -Nazis from young and early.

Says Vice President of the European Commission Marosh Shefchovich

Homeland, collaborator, memory On November 14, in the Prague City, in the beautiful Rudolph Gallery, historians and archivists from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague, Yekaterinburg, Pskov, Pleshcheyev gathered. The 70th anniversary of the Prague Manifesto was dedicated to a three-day conference organized by the Russian Tradition Society (leader Igor Zolotarev) and the Russian Word magazine (editor-in-chief Marina Dobusheva).

Leading engineer of the Airport Service of Vnukovo Airport Vladimir Ledenyov at a court meeting The Moscow City Court today is expected to consider the complaint about the arrest of the leading engineer of the Vnukovo Airport Service Vladimir Ledenyov in the case of a plane crash, in which the head of the Total company Christophe de Margeri died. The defendant will participate in a meeting on the video from the pre -trial detention center.